Encyclopaedia Britannica says time is flying. We’re now in the late 2020s

Tuesday, Sept. 1, marked not only the first day of the month that ushers in autumn, but also the beginning of the late 2020s.

Say what? Most of us can be forgiven for not thinking of time in that manner. But Encyclopaedia Britannica kept track for everyone and posted about the milestone on social media. "Today officially marks the beginning of the late 2020s," read the Sept. 1 post on the reference resource site's X account.

Many followers were disturbed by the news. "I needed an extreme content warning on this tweet," read one reply.

Encyclopaedia Britannica's Facebook post announcing the news was prefaced with a "TW," which stands for trigger warning. "TW: This post contains information about the passage of time."

One commenter put it this way: "Me trying to decipher if the TW is sarcastic or sincere."

"I'm still trying to process 2020," was a sentiment posted among the 1,400-plus Instagram comments on Encyclopaedia Britannica's post on that social network – and it was echoed repeatedly across various social media sites.

"pandemic years don't count!!! you didn't get the memo," said another commenter on Instagram. "No. We didn’t need to post this," said a Facebook commenter.Others tried to…

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